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[Title Montage]

It is said that marriages are made in heaven.

And your life partner is custom made to order.

They are sent straight from the heaven for seven lifetimes.

[Song playing on TV]

- [Astha] Fritters. - [Hemant] Oh wow.

[Song playing on TV]

Will you have some?

[Hemant's father] I will.

[Man voiceover] This was sun sahiba sun.

- And now the next song. - Astha, this pajama is very tight.

[Man voiceover] The next song from RK Films.

The other one must have dried up. Come, I will give it to you.

Okay, let's go.

[Kalpana] Have it. It's hot.

[Hemant's father] I will.

Marriages are surely made in heaven.

But from heaven,

they are directly dropped at the in-laws.

Privacy is also clandestine.

[Music playing]

Wonder why people don't marry.

Tasting the fruits of the joys of marriage...

...satiates all the hunger yet leaves you yearning for more.

Shall we do it again?

[Astha] Hey.

[Astha] Three, four.

Papa is here.

I am taking away your ball. Come on.

[Hemant] Hi.

-How was your day? - [Kisses]

It was nice.

Let's go, papa. Here you go.

- Mahi. - Let us play.

- Bye. - Be a good girl.

Hey.

Astha, what are you doing?

[Hemant] You could have called me.

Come and have a seat.

Sit down.

Wow, you are back.

Kalpana, our grandson has arrived.

God bless!

Praise to You, my Lord.

Thank God.

Be careful.

I am coming.

- [Kid 1] I am back. - Walk carefully.

- Slow down, dear. - Careful.

- Members of seven... - Do you do it this way?

Astha, mom is saying something.

I wasn't saying anything.

[Hemant] The pajama is very tight.

-[News reporter on TV] The government has announced. - Fitting is bad.

- Come. I'll give you another one. - On Wednesday.

[Kid 2] Mom, where are you going?

Eat your food first.

Not with your hands.

[Kalpana] Does anyone eat with hands?

[News reporter on TV] In all possibilities...

The waist size increases with age.

Our courage should increase too.

[Door opens]

This is fine.

[Door closes]

Hey, what have you worn?

- This? - [Hemant] Oh.

Isn't this the one which I bought from Tokyo for you?

Yes.

But now, it is available at Sarojini Nagar too.

Should I get you a large size?

No, it is because I will have my periods soon.

No, it's not that but it's because of all the desserts that you eat.

Okay, get more pyjamas stitched of this size. Okay?

Take the measurement. It is inside.

This can be used to measure the life span of marriage too.

The first two years are spent in bed.

Then five in raising the kids.

And then fifty years in role play.

Playing husband and wife.

Role of a daughter-in-law, mother, sister-in-law.

Even the role of the neighbourhood aunt.

- [Kalpana] Astha. - Yes.

[Kalpana] Take off the cooker.

Come down and check the chickpeas.

Coming.

[Hemant] Where is the boy?

[Hemant] I will catch him. I will eat him.

I will eat him.

[News reporter on TV] News at 9.

- [News reporter on TV] The law... - I can't watch it.

In the capital Delhi, the situation is very serious.

The country was burning there, and here.

[Kalpana] The chickpeas haven't been boiled yet.

Boil them again.

But you switched it off, mom.

Yes, so I am saying add soda and boil them again.

Okay. I will do it. Please step outside.

Okay, I am going.

Jantar Mantar in Delhi.

Please reduce the volume.

You keep watching gloomy news the whole day.

So, should I stop watching the news?

- How is it useful? - The Rath Yatra...

- We had given them a country. - ...is going to begin today.

Yet they are infiltrating our country.

How are they intruding?

Our country is one. India belongs to all.

All this is bookish knowledge, not real life.

[Kalpana] Our country would not have been divided if we were the same.

Go and cook the chickpeas.

- Switch on the gas. - It's been going on.

[News reporter on TV] We have got the news of stone pelting...

...from different religion at Dariyagunj.

Mr. Aijaz Khan. Nice.

- We will build a temple. - Yes, we'll build a temple there.

- We will build a temple. - Yes, we'll build a temple there.

- Go home first and find some work. - Peepli, sit.

- Come here. Sit. - We will make it happen.

We will build a temple there.

- [Man 1] Search there. - [Man 2] There is no one there.

- We will build a temple. - Yes, we'll build a temple there.

- Yes, we'll build a temple there. - Aijaz.

Their slogan is that we'll build a temple there.

You are a different breed, Peeplika Khan.

- Listen, this is not your America. - Mine?

There will not be any discussions. Only bloodshed.

- I am not scared. - Hey.

Hey.

Where are you going? Wait. People are all around.

They want to kick us out, Aijaz.

It is as if their uncle has reserved India for them.

It is bullshit.

But why do they want to demolish either the mosque or the temple?

Why can't humanity be the only religion?

This is the problem with the whole world.

We keep our fights dirty and our sex clean.

It should be the other way round. Right?

Hey.

You will never improve.

[Beeps]

The first day of rehearsal.

I will have to go. Why don't you come along?

[Peeplika] I feel like burying myself...

...in the wonderful locks of your hair, Mr. Khan.

The situation is getting tense in the capital, Delhi.

A few people have set two

rickshaws on fire in the western area, Janakpuri.

[Aijaz] Shruti. Stand here.

The balcony will be here.

Okay. You remain here.

Mudassar.

You walk slowly from the wing and join Romeo's line.

Come on.

[Mudassar] My heart beats for you.

Only for you, either I will live or die. But...

Dude, you are saying it but it isn't expressive.

Will have to work on the script.

[Aijaz] Who has written this ridiculous script?

Excuse me.

Who are you and why are you talking to my students?

- [Mudassar] Hi, ma'am. - Aijaz.

Have you written this?

Hindi adaption of Romeo and Juliet. Yes.

[Aijaz] Okay.

So, what was the crisis in this story?

Parents disapproved of the relationship.

Everybody is aware of the story of Romeo and Juliet.

- Absolutely. But you... - I made it contemporary.

Actually, this would have been contemporary in the sixties.

But we are in the nineties.

I am sure you can do better than this.

You don't know me.

[Clears throat]

It took you seven hairpins to manage your hair.

A few more would be there to manage the sari.

Excuse me?

[Aijaz] Look, it is the same problem in your script.

It has become a literal translation while trying to make it perfect.

But your little finger has betrayed you.

There is hope, madam.

Listen, you are crossing your limits.

How will you know where the boundary...

...is till you don't cross it?

I believe in erasing all the borders and boundaries.

We all are free.

[Aijaz] But I apologize till the borders are erased.

Script is not bad but it can be improved.

And I have been hired to direct it.

So, I would love to work with you to make this better.

Bye.

[Aijaz] Okay, back to work.

Altaf, go behind and work on the set.

Shruti, go to the balcony.

And Mudassar, stand in the line of Romeo.

Was Sita ever happy by crossing her boundary?

You can never achieve anything by crossing the boundaries.

Daring me to cross the boundaries.

[Mudassar] Juliet, I love you a lot.

[Sighs]

Hello. What's wrong?

Don't ask. Sorry.

[Phone ringing]

Hello. Yes.

Babu, can I talk to Hemant?

[Babu] Just a minute. He is cleaning his hands.

For you.

Hello.

Hemant, did you eat?

My client files are dipped in pickles.

[Hemant] Babu is cleaning the table for half an hour.

Babu, you are placing it on the display.

Sorry, sir.

The tiffin was leaking.

Sorry.

- Hello. - Hello.

Hello.

Okay.

[Phone ringing]

Hey, listen. The pickles will not leak on your files anymore.

I will drop by at Munirka on the way back home.

Airtight boxes are available there. I will buy them.

So, the pickles or oil will not leak.

Naughty pickle. It doesn't want to stay in the box.

Hello.

Sorry, maybe it is a cross connection. Sorry.

Not at all. I had called and you answered it.

[Peeplika] If you are going to Munirka,

then there is an excellent place for haircuts.

Geeta's.

By the way, how long are your hair?

How long are my hair?

Have you called from a mental asylum?

Maybe the call is for me.

Sorry.

I am not surprised.

- Hello. - I want to talk to the pickle aunt.

- Who is she? - She is a teacher here.

Is she sexy or a shy teacher?

Both. Okay, got to go now.

She did have a sexy voice.

[Peeplika] Look, any other wife would have been jealous.

I am just curious.

[Aijaz] That's why I married you.

[Astha] Okay, I got to go.

- [Astha] I am very irritated. - [Aijaz] Okay, I got to go.

[Aijaz] Astha.

Sorry, she is a bit crazy.

Yes, I agree.

Okay, I am beginning the rehearsals from tomorrow.

Properly. And please come.

[Aijaz] You have written the draft.

I would be glad to have you.

Do come.

Do come.

[Aijaz] Listen, Mudassar.

Every line has to be expressed differently.

It is very basic.

Think about what you are saying.

Feel it and focus on that thought.

[Song playing]

We will fight with our parents to marry.

We can fight with the world.

[Mudassar] And after getting married,

the real fight begins.

- That happens. - Okay, listen.

This story doesn't end in happily ever after.

It begins from there.

[Aijaz] The fight between Romeo and Juliet...

...is individuality v/s conditioning.

They are fighting against...

...the disgusting belief of the whole world.

Get it? Okay, Shruti, let's do it again.

[Song playing]

Burnt chapati again.

[Song playing]

[Aijaz] These borders separate us from each other.

Gender disparity between a girl and a boy.

The difference in religion between a Hindu and a Muslim.

Inequality between castes and status.

We have to blur these lines of differences...

...by our drama and also in our lives.

It is very important.

[Song playing]

Aijaz.

Aijaz Khan.

He is very irritating.

Wonder what nonsense he keeps talking.

He changed all the lines of my play.

How can anyone do that?

Rickshaw.

It is easier to find God than a rickshaw in Delhi. Rickshaw.

[Rickshaw passing by]

[Aijaz] Hey.

Were you trying to commit suicide?

Was today's rehearsal so pathetic?

Come, I will drop you by my regular rickshaw.

No, I will go in my own car.

Wow, then you can drop me.

I will save my rickshaw fare.

Your rickshaw.

No worries, bye.

[Astha] I have to go near that car.

- What happened? - [Astha] What happened?

- Move. - No. You...

- [Aijaz] Stop next to her. - Don't go.

Yes, right here.

Your car.

Got stolen.

We can complain to the police later. Let me drop you.

Come on, don't be scared.

[Rickshaw engine revving]

Let's go.

[Music playing]

[Song playing on radio]

Please stop the music.

[Song playing on radio]

[Whistling]

Don't reduce it, stop it.

[Turns off radio]

[Man 3] How can you do this to us?

It's time we stand together, brothers.

We will give them a befitting reply. We won't spare anyone.

Don't let anyone enter the colony unless he is a Muslim.

Shut all the shops.

No rickshaw, vegetable seller or bus should be allowed in the colony.

Do they think they can do anything to us?

We must teach them a lesson.

So, tell me, what does your husband do?

I am sorry. It is a very personal question.

We're sharing this rickshaw because...

Your car got stolen.

What's wrong?

Stop!

Glory to Lord Ram.

- Glory to Lord Ram. - Tell me your name.

Tell me your name.

[Man 4] Can't you hear me?

- Tell me your name. - You don't have to shout.

Are you a Hindu or a Muslim?

- Calm down. - Tell me your name.

Speak out. Why are you not answering?

You are out of words.

Hindu or Muslim?

Tell me. It's a simple question.

- Are you a Hindu or not? - Jai.

[Chanting]

Oh, you should say that you are our brother.

Great. We start our days with chanting.

- Let's go. - Let them go.

- Come on. - Move.

Glory to Lord Ram.

Bye.

Glory to Lord Ram.

Glory to Lord Ram.

Aijaz, did you notice that some lines are important?

These lines have saved us today.

Saved me from whom? From these guys?

You said some mantras and they believed I was a Hindu.

Is our religion our only identity?

The mantras of Lord Hanuman made me your Hindu husband.

If I say a few versus from Quran,

will you become my Muslim wife?

Secularism was the uniqueness of India.

People of different religion lived in harmony.

Everybody has forgotten humanity...

...and are out on the streets to kill each other.

That's it. There.

I still insist. I could have dropped you first.

No, it is okay, really. Thank you so much. I can go.

[Whistling]

She.

Okay, bye.

Let's go.

Just a minute. Toilet seat.

What?

[Astha] My husband makes toilet seats.

He has a business of import and export.

He supplies to stores all across the globe.

Oh okay. Only seat?

What about the rest?

I am joking.

Very noble job.

- Let's go. - Okay.

[Man 5] Greetings.

[Door closes]

[Sighs]

[Aijaz] Hi.

Who was she? With you?

Oh, jealous wife.

That's new.

What can I do? You are so sexy.

By the way, wasn't she the pickle girl?

She may be with her husband tonight.

But will fantasize about my husband.

She is a sweet innocent woman.

Why will she fantasize about me?

By the way.

Very, very sweet.

It has made me jealous.

Hey.

Beautiful.

Yes, it is beautiful.

But Rachna will again accuse me of being a lesbian.

As I just paint women.

[Aijaz] Forget what she says.

She is as intolerant as the crazy people on the streets.

What right do they have to comment on your sexuality?

Is something wrong?

No, leave it.

You know why I love you.

No.

Because you cannot lie.

I know.

Something has happened today.

[Peeplika] Fine.

Tell me when you are ready.

Thanks, baby.

I can peep into a man's soul.

From very close and near.

Oh, so you are in a lesbian relationship...

...and I am the woman.

Correct.

[Hemant's father] Who were those people?

I don't know, dad. But thank God.

- Aijaz was with me. - [Hemant's father] Who is Aijaz?

- The play director of college. - Okay, fine.

Astha.

How could you roam around...

...with Aijaz during this tense situation?

Really? Are you as young as Timsi?

Roaming around alone.

What if he took you to his neighbourhood?

[Hemant] Enough, dad.

Astha is at home. She is fine.

We should thank Aijaz.

[Hemant's father] Why should we thank him?

The situation is very tense in the city.

There are riots everywhere.

There is no need to go to college and teach there.

Stay at home.

[Astha] Hemant.

Hemant.

Hemu.

Thanks.

For what?

My dad is unreasonable sometimes.

But he was right.

In such a situation...

Really.

You are very stupid, Astha.

[Song playing]

[Aijaz] I am at crossroads.

Which path should I choose to go?

All the dusty paths have been lost in the dark.

Aijaz.

Aijaz.

The gang from Ferozepur is here.

- They are here again. They broke the lock. - Mudassar.

Oh no.

Listen. Rehearsal is over.

What are you waiting for? Run.

Take the back exit through the green room.

Run, Mudassar.

Astha, leave your belongings and run.

Leave your belongings and come with me.

Astha, leave it and run.

He shouldn't be spared today.

Oh no.

Cover him from all sides. Let's see how he escapes.

Aijaz Khan.

Where are you hiding? He must be here.

Find him. What are you doing?

Don't be scared.

Focus. Breathe slowly.

- There's nothing to worry about. Just keep quiet. - What?

Aijaz Khan.

Come out, rascal.

We will break everything if you keep hiding.

My yoga teacher always used to tell me

that mind is like a drunk monkey.

Like a drunk monkey. That's what the Gita says.

[Quoting verse from Gita]

This is not the time to impart knowledge. Please shut up.

Check the room behind the stage.

Don't worry. They are my old friends.

- They come here to threaten me before every play. - What?

Aijaz Khan, you are a traitor to our community.

We won't let the infidel getaway this time.

He had mislead our girls.

- Find him. - He must be here.

Look.

They call me infidel and the call me a Muslim.

I am often confused as to who I am.

Please stop kidding. I am really kidding.

- [Sushing] - Don't be scared.

What do you mean?

If you are not scared, then go out...

...and meet your friends. Why are you hiding here?

Their mood is not good.

I don't want to go out.

That's why I often hide in the prop cabinet.

Often?

Why do you do such things that you have to hide?

I wrote a romantic story.

Why did you make it political?

Romeo and Juliet is political.

Astha, maybe our ways are different.

But our goal is the same.

You want to unite two lovers.

I want to unite two communities.

Where are you hiding, rascal?

- Where are you hiding, rascal? - Come out.

Come out if you have the courage!

Where did he go?

What are they doing?

For how long should we host them?

I am hungry.

- Hunger. - My wife had packed food.

It's in the green room. How will we go there?

Does she cook everyday?

I cook but she heats it up and packs it.

- Do you cook? - Always.

Brother, there is no one inside.

He managed to get away.

Rascal.

Let's go.

[Footsteps receding]

Let's go.

No. Not so soon.

You are seeing them for the first time.

Javed would come back to check.

[Screams]

[Sneezes]

- Sorry. - [Sniffles]

If we get caught because of your sneeze,

I will die happily.

[Footsteps approaching]

[Door opens]

Hi, Mudassar.

- They left. - Did they?

- Come out. - Come.

Careful.

Come on. Ma'am.

- Come. - Your sneeze saved us.

Mudassar was able to locate us.

Mudassar, how many were there today?

- Around 30 people were here. - 30? That's it?

They are dangerous and were angry.

[Song playing]

[Aijaz] The fight is between individuality v/s conditioning.

And all the barriers separate us from each other.

It is very important for us to blur these lines...

and erase them from our lives.

The lines have been blurred.

[Song playing]

[Theme song]